Design of Highly Efficient Porous Hybrid Catalysts for Solar-Converted Fuels and Environmental Applications

．多相催化剂在能源和环境领域有着广泛的应用。然而，传统催化剂目前不具备生产太阳能转化的清洁燃料或减少污染所需的效率。基于我们在纳米材料和光催化/催化方面的专业知识，我们建议开发两类新型纳米催化剂：(1)高效的阳光驱动的清洁能源混合纳米结构光催化剂。在这里，目标是设计具有所需效率、可扩展性和可持续性的新型太阳能燃料发电系统，使其在经济上可行。光催化将H20和CO2/H20在阳光下转化为有价值的能量载体和燃料是解决全球变暖和能源短缺问题的潜在解决方案之一。太阳能发电的主要挑战在于设计一个有效的光催化系统；(2)用于环境修复的纳米晶多孔杂化催化剂。在这里，目标是为商业应用设计新的高效催化剂系统，用于减少来自移动和固定来源的氮氧化物和一氧化碳污染。汽车氮氧化物和一氧化碳排放的控制对工业和学术研究人员来说都是一个挑战。

.Heterogeneous catalysts are widely used in energy and environmental applications. However, conventional catalysts do not currently possess the required efficiency for producing solar-converted clean fuels or for pollution abatement. On the basis of our expertise in nanomaterials and photocatalysis/catalysis, we propose to develop two new classes of nanocatalysts: (1) efficient sunlight driven hybrid nanostructured photocatalysts for clean energy. Here, the target is to design new solar fuel generation systems with the required efficiency, scalability, and sustainability to be economically viable. The photocatalytic conversion of H20 and CO2/H20 under sunlight to valuable energy vectors and fuels is one of potential solutions to both the global warming and energy shortage problems. The principal challenge of sunlight-to-fuel generation lies in designing an efficient photocatalytic system; (2) nanocrystalline porous hybrid catalysts for environmental remediation. Here, the target is to design new efficient catalyst systems for NOx and CO pollution abatement from mobile and stationary sources for commercial applications. The control of NOx and CO emission from automobiles remains challenging for both industry and academic researchers.